Chapter 1330: Believe Or Don’t Believe
“Why didn’t I know that my father had a safety deposit box in a Swiss Bank? ” Luo Jialan’s eyes were red with emotion. “This is fraud! There was no such item on my father’s estate list!”
She had gone through Huo Guanyuan’s estate list countless times and counted it countless times. She had never known that Huo Guanyuan had a safety deposit box in a Swiss Bank.
Gu Nianzhi was silent. Although she felt that as his daughter, Luo Jialan’s center of focus was a little strange, she didn’t say much about it. She turned to look at Xie Shenxing and pointed at the letter in his hand, then asked calmly, “Granduncle, is this really a copy of Uncle Huo’s will?”
Huo Xuenong’s heart sank. He still had his head down, but he rolled his eyes at Xie Shenxing. ” … A copy of the will? Xie Shenxing, you’re impressive. You heard from me that I lost the real will, so you immediately made a fake will, right?!”
Xie shenxing sneered and shook the envelope in his hand. “Who says I made a fake will? What’s in it for me? My sister’s dowry in the past was only a small portion of the Xie family’s wealth. Why would I forge someone else’s will for a tenth of that? Do you think I’m as blind as you and your G.o.d-granddaughter?
“You’re not blind, but you despise me. You despise me for humiliating your sister, so it’s not out of the question for you to forge a copy of the will to humiliate me.” Huo Xuenong a.s.serted that the copy of Xie Shenxing’s will was fake.
Xie Shenxing spread his hands out and said helplessly, ” … Do you still need me to humiliate you? I think you’re already notorious. It’s just that you’re even more despicable than I thought. ”
“Stop slandering me! ” Huo Xuenong pounded the bed furiously. “I’m going to sue you! I’m going to sue you for forging someone else’s will!”
In awe, Gu Nianzhi watched the two elders’ drama for a while, then reached out to hold Xie Shenxing’s arm. She smiled and said, “Stop arguing, both of you. Let Grandfather Xie tell us the truth first. I think Miss Luo asked the right question. Why isn’t this copy of the will on Uncle Huo’s list?”
She believed that Luo Jialan must have gone through Huo Guanyuan’s list countless times. She would know best if anything had been missed.
Xie Shenxing nodded. He put away the sarcasm on his face and patted Gu Nianzhi on the back of her hand, then said ruefully, “Huo Xuenong might be a scoundrel, but his children and grandchildren aren’t bad, especially the eldest, Guanyuan, and Shaoheng, who was raised by my sister. They’re all like my sister instead of this shameless old rogue.”
Gu Nianzhi’s lips curled up slightly. She didn’t say “thank you” , but instead praised him with pride. ” … Grandfather Xie has such good perception! ”
Xie Shenxing looked at the will in his hand and said calmly, “Your uncle Beichen found this. When Huo Xuenong was in France, it was your uncle Beichen who stopped me and made me bite the bullet instead of kicking him out. ”
“But this time, because I investigated the trust fund under Luo Jialan’s name, I found out about some other things. Even my gentle and sophisticated son couldn’t bear it, so he let me come back to settle the score with Huo Xuenong.” Xie Shenxing’s eyes swiveled between Huo Xuenong and Luo Jialan, then his expression darkened.
“Because Luo Jialan authorized a trust fund transfer to Germany, and this amount of money wasn’t a small amount. It involved the possibility of money laundering, so your uncle Beichen simply sent people to check all the accounts of the trust fund over the years.”
Luo Jialan’s eyes widened in surprise.
After she took over Huo Guanyuan’s trust fund, she hadn’t checked the accounts before that.
And the other party had no obligation to account for the previous accounts, because she had only received the inheritance from Luo Xinxue. All the accounts had been transferred to her from the day Luo Xinxue died.
The rest of the accounts only had a summary of the earnings before that, and there were no detailed rules.
Gu Nianzhi didn’t know much about the financial management of trust funds, but she was vaguely aware that it wouldn’t be an easy task to check the details of the accounts.
However, this wasn’t difficult for the Xie family.
Xie shenxing continued, “With this check, we found out that seventeen years ago, Guanyuan had once opened a safe in a Swiss bank under Shaoheng’s name.” As he spoke, he smiled at the baffled Luo Jialan. “Why isn’t this Swiss Bank’s safety deposit box in Guanyuan’s belongings? Because it’s not in Guanyuan’s name, but in Shaoheng’s name.”
Gu Nianzhi: ” … ”
” … Did no one really know about this? What if, since it wasn’t an audit, you forgot about it?” Gu Nianzhi asked curiously.
Xie Shenxing smiled and stroked her head. “I wouldn’t forget about it. The trustee of the trust fund told your uncle Beichen that they hadn’t forgotten about this safe. Back then, Guanyuan had left them a power of attorney. He said that if he was no longer alive when his nephew Huo Shaoheng got married, he would give this envelope to him as a wedding gift.
Gu Nianzhi felt both touched and sad. She felt sympathy and respect for her uncle, whom she had never met before. She felt a mixture of emotions inside.
She sighed and said, “No wonder. If the letter of entrustment was given to the trustee of the trust fund, it had nothing to do with Uncle Huo’s belongings, so it wasn’t recorded in the list of belongings.”
It was like he had written a letter to the trustee of the trust fund. Of course, this letter wasn’t considered one of Huo Guanyuan’s belongings, but the trust fund’s trustee’s property.
Xie Shenxing continued, “We obtained Shaoheng’s consent and opened the envelope. Inside was a set of keepsakes that had been rented from a Swiss bank safe. We used this keepsakes, along with Shaoheng’s ident.i.ty doc.u.ment and authorization letter, to go to the Swiss bank and open the safe while accompanied by a lawyer.”
“In the end, there was nothing else in the safe. There was only a sealed doc.u.ment bag and two letters. One of the letters was a copy of his will.” Xie Shenxing’s expression was a little ill at ease when he said this.
Gu Nianzhi observed his awkward expression and helped him change the subject. “So Major General Huo knew that uncle Huo had a copy of his will?!”
Xie Shenxing shook his head. “He didn’t know. Although we had his authorization to open the safe, we didn’t tell him what was in it.”
In other words, Xie Shenxing was testing Huo Shaoheng as well.
Luo Jialan and Huo Xuenong asked at almost the same time, ” … Then who was the file bag and the other letter for? ”
Xie Shenxing glanced at them with disdain and said nonchalantly, “The file bag was also for Shaoheng. We didn’t open it. As for the other letter, it has nothing to do with you guys. I came back this time to deal with this matter.”
“I opened the copy of the will. Since Guanyuan had already died but we hear that he left a will behind, we were worried that something fishy was going on, so accompanied by a lawyer, we opened the envelope with the will. ” Xie Shenxing took a deep breath, then looked at Gu Nianzhi with a smile. “Little Nianzhi, your deductions about Guanyuan’s will just now were almost right.”
“Really?!” Gu Nianzhi’s eyes lit up, and her face lit up so radiantly that she attracted everyone’s attention.
Just then, the door to the ward was pushed open again, and Huo Shaoheng, dressed in the black uniform of the special operations forces, strode in.
He was extremely tall and burly, and as soon as he walked in, he cast a huge shadow at the door and put much psychological pressure on the people in the ward.
Gu Nianzhi wasn’t affected at all. She smiled and rushed towards him. “Major General Huo, you’re here?!”
Huo Shaoheng nodded and reached out to catch her. He held her by his side and brought her towards Xie Shenxing. “Granduncle, can you show me the will?”
“Of course.” Xie shenxing nodded and placed the copy of the will in Huo Shaoheng’s hands. “This was meant for you.
Huo Shaoheng opened the will and read through it.
Xie Shenxing turned to look at Huo Xuenong and said mockingly, ” … now, you don’t have to worry about other people’s things anymore. Everything will be returned to its rightful owner.”
“Do you think I’m doing this for myself?!” Huo Xuenong couldn’t take it anymore after being humiliated by Xie Shenxing again and again.
He knew that his relations.h.i.+p with the Xie family was irreconcilable, and he gave up on his dream of the Zhang family to getting close to the Xie family.
He glared at Xie Shenxing with resentment and said angrily, “All you know is money?! If you had read the will, wouldn’t you understand why I would rather that huge fortune fall into the hands of irrelevant people and not say anything?!”
“Wasn’t it because the adulterous affair between you and Zhang Feng was also mentioned it in the will by Guanyuan? ” Xie Shenxing shook his head. “Guanyuan hoped that Zhang Feng could retire early and said that she was no longer suitable to continue working for the Huo family.”
“Yes, he did mention Zhang Feng, but at that time, your sister had already pa.s.sed away. If Zhang Feng and I wanted to be together, it wasn’t impossible, but we didn’t,” Huo Xuenong said self-righteously, “You think Guanyuan is all that high-minded? He l.u.s.ted after his sister-in-law! ——You really think I could let people see this will?! How about his t.i.tle of war hero?! How about his brother Guanchen’s reputation?!”
Huo Xuenong’s words shocked even Gu Nianzhi.
Although she knew that Huo Guanyuan had a deep crush on Song Jinning, she absolutely believed that Huo Guanyuan was “l.u.s.tful yet restrained” and was very discreet about it. It wasn’t as disgusting as Huo Xuenong made it out to be when he said that he “l.u.s.ted after his sister-in-law”.
He was so discreet to the extent that Song Jinning hadn’t known that Huo Guanyuan had feelings for her.
During Bai Jinyi’s case last year, this matter had already been brought out in the open by Bai Jinyi and Luo Jialan as the evidence of Luo Xinxue’s suicide.
At that time, Huo Guanyuan’s reputation was saved by Gu Nianzhi.
Because she proved that when Song Jinning wrote the letters with the poetic lines: Your bright pearls with two rows of tears I’m returning, instead. I only lament we had never met before I wed, she was mentally insane and wrote it under the guidance of Bai Jinyi.
Now Huo Xuenong was unexpectedly talking about this matter, and also saying that he “l.u.s.ted after his sister-in-law”!
So Huo Guanyuan was still l.u.s.ting after her after Song Jinning married Huo Guanchen?
Gu Nianzhi found it unbelievable.
Even if he was, with Uncle Huo’s cautious personality, how could he have written it in his will?
He wouldn’t be unaware of how much trouble and damage it would cause Song Jinning, wouldn’t he?
Gu Nianzhi reflexively retorted, “I don’t believe it.”
She moved closer to Huo Shaoheng’s hand and read the will together with him.
Gu Nianzhi had been forced by He Zhichu to learn shorthand for a while, and she had a good memory to begin with. She only took a few quick glances before she gained a new understanding of Huo Guanyuan’s will.
She calmly looked up at Huo Xuenong. “Grandfather Huo, from which line in the will did you perceive me that uncle Huo still has feelings for Ms. Song? I couldn’t tell at all.”
“Of course you couldn’t tell.” Huo Xuenong sneered. “Didn’t you see what he wrote in his will? ——He left all the owners.h.i.+p of the trust fund to his nephew!”
Gu Nianzhi: ” … ”
This line was indeed written in the will.
” … but, this only means that uncle Huo doesn’t want to leave the trust fund to Luo Xinxue and Luo Jialan.” Gu Nianzhi continued to a.n.a.lyze. “What if Ms. Song gives birth to another son in the future? Wouldn’t he have to split the inheritance with Major General Huo? ”
Gu Nianzhi’s expression suddenly turned strange.
Her gaze slowly s.h.i.+fted from Huo Xuenong’s angry old face to Zhang Wenjie, who was giggling like it was all Greek to him.
Gu Nianzhi gasped and covered her mouth with her hand, then said in astonishment, “I understand now. I understand why Grandfather Huo tried so hard to transfer half of the trust fund to Zhang Wenjie. ——The original version of Uncle Huo’s will said that he would give the trust fund to his nephew, and Zhang Wenjie is uncle Huo’s nephew as well! So, in the literal sense, he also had half of the inheritance rights.
Before the Zhang family could rejoice, Gu Nianzhi added, “Grandfather Huo, you’re too unscrupulous! Uncle Huo couldn’t have known that you had an illegitimate child and grandson. The nephew he was talking about was only Major General Huo!”
Huo Guanyuan didn’t openly write that he would give Huo Shaoheng the entire trust fund in order to avoid suspicion, right?
Because he didn’t want to cause trouble for others.